Discover How to Use Abdominal Equipment the Right Way for Sculpting Tight, Sexy Abs
by Gregg
Gillies
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Stop wasting your money on useless informercial abdominal products.
Learn how to effectively work your abs with the right ab equipment so you
can finally develop a flat sexy waist with abs you can be proud to show
off.
What ab equipment you need depends on how you go about training your
abs. If you train your abs with the most people get ab exercise - lots of
sets and reps - then you don't need much in the way of ab equipment.
Performing sets of the basic floor crunch and reverse floor crunch are all
you realy need. If these ab exercises are uncomfortable for you, then you
may need some basic equipment just for comfort reasons.
Now, if you decide to train your abs properly, you'll most likely need
some quality ab equipment. What do I mean by training your abs properly?
Your abdominals are a muscle group, just like any other muscle group.
Let's take a look at some common misconceptions with regard to ab
exercise and then we'll mention some ab equipment that actually works for
you.
Is there anything out there in the fitness world suffering from more
misinformation that how to get abs?
The number of ab machines constantly coming to market is mind boggling.
Especially considering that they aren't needed and won't give you the
results that you want.
Let's set the record straight on ab training right now and give you the
real information you need so you can say no to the next infomercial ab
machine and yes to actual abs.
- Training your abs consistently will eventually give you the flat
stomach or six-pack that you want.
No. It's not gonna happen if your abs are covered by a layer of body
fat and doing endless sets of ab exercises is not the way to rid
yourself of that excess body fat.
- Train your abs everyday for best results.
Again, no. Your abs are a muscle, just like your chest, lats, arms
and so on. You should train your abs just like these other muscles, with
progressive resistance and high intensity - then allow them to rest and
recover. Never train your abs more than 3 days a week.
- You need to do hundreds or reps and feel the burn to get great abs.
Yep, again the answer is no. The abs a muscle just like I mentioned
above. To get six pack abs you need to strip off the fat, but you also
need to build the abs to get them to really pop out.
If the muscle isn't developed, you'll just have a flat stomach but no
abs. The name of the game is progressive resistance for sets of 8 - 20
reps, just like your other muscles.
- Train the abs with lots of sets and high reps to burn off stomach
fat.
You guessed it. This is also false. Spot reduction just
isn't going to happen as much as we'd all like it to. You can't burn fat
on your stomach by doing endless crunches.
In order to do the proper ab exercise and develop a flat, toned, tight
midsection, you need to follow these rules. And that means working your
abs with progressive resistance weight training, just like your other
muscles.
You need to put together a proper weight lifting program, nutrition
plan, and cardio in order to rid your stomach of that stubborn layer of
fat and bring yout your abs.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gregg Gillies is the founder of http://www.buildleanmuscle.com/. His articles have
appeared in Ironman Magazine. He has written two books and is a regular
contributor to Body Talk Magazine. He publishes a free fitness newsletter
available at his site that includes lots of weight training tips, fat
loss, nutrition and exercise program information to help you build your
best body as quickly as possible. check it out at Build Muscle
and Lose Fat. and see how you can get a customized nutrition plan at
http://www.mynutritionjournal.com/.
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